United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-11-01 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-179T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T P0b002ee18037b0a1 f:d02179t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T GAO-02-179T Federal procurement Procurement practices Productivity in government Service contracts DOE Federal Energy Management Program Testimony A02406 Federal agencies spend billions of tax dollars each year to buy services, ranging from clerical support and consulting services, to information technology services, to the management and operations of government facilities, such as national laboratories. Agency procurements of services often are not being conducted as efficiently as they could be. Too frequently agencies are not clearly defining their requirements, fully considering alternative solutions, performing vigorous price analyses, or adequately overseeing contractor performance. Meanwhile, agencies are at risk of not having enough of the right people with the right skills to manage service contracts. Congress is considering a package of proposals to improve the government's acquisition of services. This package focuses in part on (1) strengthening management oversight of services acquisitions, (2) improving the acquisition workforce, and (3) moving toward a performance-based contracting environment. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T.pdf GAO-02-179T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-179T Testimony GAO-02-179T; Contract Management: Improving Services Acquisitions; Federal procurement Procurement practices Productivity in government Service contracts DOE Federal Energy Management Program Public Law 104-106